from the urls-we-dig-up dept

It's not hard to make the case that language is more worthy of study than any other topic — after all, it's virtually impossible to study any other topic without relying on language, and all its built-in assumptions and biases, in the first place. You can learn a lot about people by the words they use, and you can learn a lot about words from the people who use them. Here are a few interesting language facts to consider in whatever language your inner monologue prefers: